News Round-Up: Today’s Orders & Opinions
on Apr 30, 2007 at 12:10 pm
The AP’s Pete Yost has this article reporting that the Court ruled in favor of Microsoft, limiting the reach of U.S. patents abroad; Peter Kaplan of Reuters reports here on the opinion in Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T (No. 05-1056).
Greg Stohr of Bloomberg has this article on the Court’s opinion in KSR v. Teleflex (No. 04-1350), which puts new restrictions on patent rights.
The AP’s Mark Sherman reports here on the Supreme Court’s decision in Scott v. Harris (No. 05-1631) protecting police officers from lawsuits resulting from high-speed car chases.
Reuters has this report on the Court’s decision to deny review of a Bush administration appeal defending its rule permitting factories and power plants to upgrade equipment without installing up-to-date pollution controls; Greg Stohr of Bloomberg reports here on the refusal to hear EPA v. New York (No. 06-736) and Utility Air Regulatory Group v. New York (No. 06- 750).
The AP has this article on the Court’s decision to deny review of Hamdan v. Gates/Khadr v. Bush (No. 06-1169), the latest Guantanamo Bay appeal.
James Vicini reports here on the Court’s decision to hear the Medillin (No. 06-984) capital case for Reuters; Bloomberg’s Greg Stohr has this article on the case of a Mexican national facing the death penalty in Texas; and Mark Sherman reports here for the Associated Press.
